Justice Maingul Hassan recuses to hear plea against Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD, Mar 08 (APP):Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday recused himself from hearing the plea seeking disqualification of Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif for allegedly not declaring “Iqama” (work permit)of a foreign country in his nomination papers.
The larger bench comprising Justice Aamir Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani and Justice Miangul Hasan hearing the case against Khawaja Asif was dissolved after the latter’s detachment and the matter was remanded back to Chief Justice Muhammed Anwar Khan Kasi for forming a new bench to hear the plea filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Usman Dar.